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HASHINIT(9) Kernel Developer's Manual HASHINIT(9) NAME hashinit, hashinit_flags, hashdestroy, phashinit, phashinit_flags -- manage kernel hash tables SYNOPSIS #include <sys/malloc.h> #include <sys/systm.h> #include <sys/queue.h> void * hashinit(int nelements, struct malloc_type *type, u_long *hashmask); void hashinit_flags(int nelements, struct malloc_type *type, u_long *hashmask, int flags); void hashdestroy(void *hashtbl, struct malloc_type *type, u_long hashmask); void * phashinit(int nelements, struct malloc_type *type, u_long *nentries); phashinit_flags(int nelements, struct malloc_type *type, u_long *nentries, int flags); DESCRIPTION The hashinit(), hashinit_flags(), phashinit() and phashinit_flags() func- tions allocate space for hash tables of size given by the argument nelements. The hashinit() function allocates hash tables that are sized to largest power of two less than or equal to argument nelements. The phashinit() function allocates hash tables that are sized to the largest prime number less than or equal to argument nelements. The hashinit_flags() function operates like hashinit() but also accepts an additional argument flags which control various options during allocation. phashinit_flags() func- tion operates like phashinit() but also accepts an additional argument flags which control various options during allocation. Allocated hash ta- bles are contiguous arrays of LIST_HEAD(3) entries, allocated using mal- loc(9), and initialized using LIST_INIT(3). The malloc arena to be used for allocation is pointed to by argument type. The hashdestroy() function frees the space occupied by the hash table pointed to by argument hashtbl. Argument type determines the malloc arena to use when freeing space. The argument hashmask should be the bit mask returned by the call to hashinit() that allocated the hash table. The ar- gument flags must be used with one of the following values. HASH_NOWAIT Any malloc performed by the hashinit_flags() and phashinit_flags() function will not be allowed to wait, and therefore may fail. HASH_WAITOK Any malloc performed by hashinit_flags() and phashinit_flags() function is allowed to wait for mem- ory. This is also the behavior of hashinit() and phashinit(). IMPLEMENTATION NOTES The largest prime hash value chosen by phashinit() is 32749. RETURN VALUES The hashinit() function returns a pointer to an allocated hash table and sets the location pointed to by hashmask to the bit mask to be used for computing the correct slot in the hash table. The phashinit() function returns a pointer to an allocated hash table and sets the location pointed to by nentries to the number of rows in the hash table. EXAMPLES A typical example is shown below: ... static LIST_HEAD(foo, foo) *footable; static u_long foomask; ... footable = hashinit(32, M_FOO, &foomask); Here we allocate a hash table with 32 entries from the malloc arena pointed to by M_FOO. The mask for the allocated hash table is returned in foomask. A subsequent call to hashdestroy() uses the value in foomask: ... hashdestroy(footable, M_FOO, foomask); DIAGNOSTICS The hashinit() and phashinit() functions will panic if argument nelements is less than or equal to zero. The hashdestroy() function will panic if the hash table pointed to by hashtbl is not empty. SEE ALSO LIST_HEAD(3), malloc(9) BUGS There is no phashdestroy() function, and using hashdestroy() to free a hash table allocated by phashinit() usually has grave consequences. FreeBSD ports 15.quarterly April 29, 2016 HASHINIT(9)
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